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Catholic history for today's church : how our past illuminates our present / John W. O'Malley, S.J.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Malley, John W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Doctrines.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church--History.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- We can't understand the issues swirling in today's Catholic church without understanding the past. In Catholic History for Today's Church acclaimed historian John W. O'Malley, SJ, illuminates some of today's most contentious issues-from celibacy to the role of the pope-through their history. In his characteristically engaging style, O'Malley's essays provide readers with an overview of each theme in history then explore how that past connects with life today. Many of the essays highlight his expertise on the papacy and the papal curia, as well as the significance and legacies of the Council of
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: The Papacy and the Popes""; ""1 The Millennium and the Papalization of Catholicism""; ""2 Papal Job Descriptions""; ""3 Cardinals in Conclave""; ""4 Reform of the Roman Curia""; ""5 The Beatification of Pope Pius IX""; ""6 Two Popes""; ""Part II: Two Councils: Trent and Vatican II""; ""7 The Council of Trent""; ""8 Bishops and Theologians at the Council of Trent""; ""9 The Council of Trent and Michelangelo�s Last Judgment""; ""10 Ten Surefire Ways to Mix Up the Teaching of Vatican II""; ""11 What Happened and Did Not Happen at Vatican II""
- ""12 Dialog and the Identity of Vatican II""""13 Two Councils Compared""; ""Part III: The Church at Large""; ""14 Some Basics about Celibacy""; ""15 Were Medieval Universities Catholic?""; ""16 Excommunicating Politicians""; ""17 One Priesthood, Two Traditions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41185-7
- 1-4422-5003-8
- OCLC:
- 911913064
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